The Tartan Online:
In the bookstore, across from the likes of Dharma Bums and Elementary Differential Equations, new products will be popping onto the shelves.
The 1st-years may have already stumbled upon them while their jubilant parents searched for Carnegie Mellon Dad T-shirts and Tartan Pride running shorts. 2 new products now on shelves are Dorm Slippers and a new design of Carnegie Mellon backpacks; both products were designed by and got to the shelves due to the tenacity of a couple of Carnegie Mellon students. Backpacks designed by Stephen Spencer and slippers developed by Greg Runco are on sale now in the Carnegie Mellon Bookstore.
The ‘entrepreneurial bug,’ as it is sometimes called, has not just infected Carnegie Mellon students; starting businesses while in college appears to be more common now than ever before. Entrepreneur, a magazine titled after its target audience, reported in December 2004 that business owners and entrepreneurship education programs were on the rise in colleges. What might a college-aged student provide as a service, or create as a product? ‘Students launch products and services to meet the needs of their college comrades, from food or laundry-delivery services to dorm-room furniture retailing,’ writes Entrepreneur.
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